Re: Microsoft Access 97 Stores Database Password as Plaintext

[banjo () squiz demon co uk (Billy Naylor)]

> Or run a utility that wipes out free space on a daily basis.  There
> are several that I have seen.
>
> I am not affiliated with Jetico other than a user, but I use their
> BestCrypt encrypted filesystem for Windows (which is a great product),
> and it comes with a utility to fry unused portions of your hard drive
> and other locations that could contain old data.  The drive wiper is
> available as a seperate download and is free for noncomercial use.
> It's about $10 for the purchased version.

 Why pay money for something so simple ?

#!/usr/bin/perl
# cleanse.pl
# Sets empty disk space to zero
#

 # number of times to wipe the partition
 my $num = 10;

 my $count;
 my $x = 'x' x (1024 * 1024);

 for (0..$num) {
   if (open (FILE, '>'.$count++.'.clean')) {
     print FILE $x;
     close (FILE);
   }
   else {
     print "$_ ";
     qx|rm *.clean|;
     next;
   }
 }

sub END {
  qx|rm *.clean|;
}

# banjo
  1;